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Awww..that is such a sweet post:)...I am so glad I fould your blog and I can read those amazing stories you write each day.It looks like you will be busy reading some amazing books:) I am reading the Commited by Elizabeth Gilbard:)

I can feel your enthusiasm with this post! I completely relate to being apprehensive about checking out the YA section at the bookstore. I used to (and sometimes still do) feel like people are watching and thinking "What is that old lady doing in that section?"!

I think YA is a very skilled and specialist genre. When I was a teenager I couldn't get enough of YA books, they were inspiring and taught me to believe I wasn't the only one struggling with 'growing up'. Judy Blume was my fav, just brilliant. I love books too! x

I'm working my way through some sequels. I'm going to start CAPTIVATE by Carrie Jones tomorrow. Then I'll be reading LINGER by Maggie Steifvater (I probably spelled that wrong). I"m debating whether to read CRESCENDO by Becca Fitzpatrick. I'm curious what will happen, but had my problems with the first one.

It's been a Banner Year for you! I feel the same way... books + Amber = LOVE.

Right now, I'm reading Barbara Kingsolver's THE LACUNA. I'm having a hard time getting into it, but I adore Kingsolver's writing... I think the lack of connection to the story is just due to baby-distraction.

This year, I discovered Laurie Halse Anderson, and I just finished reading PROM. It's not my favorite of her books... but I thought I would throw her name out there in honor of your YA Fabulousness. ;)

Happy early blogiversary! Soon it will be January again and look how far you've come. What is it now, three or four books later that you've written? Not to mention a blog that is THE place to be every day! :)

Right now I'm reading "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown and the complete short story collection by Roald Dahl. My to-read pile has too many books to list! But the next three I'll probably be reading are "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart; "Love the One You're With" by Emily Giffin; and "Ford County" by John Grisham.

Plus, every December I re-read all the Harry Potter books. I can't wait for that! Every year I tell myself I'll slow down and take my time. Yet every year I finish them in a week. *Sigh* They're just SO good and I still can't put them down even though I know everything that's going to happen!

Happy Friday, Jen! You know - your passion for writing and reading is so clear and I think it's just amazing what you've accomplished with your blog in not quite even a year! AMAZING! :) You go, girl!

I'm into The Mazerunner (James Dashner) right now. I also feel a need to re-read all the Harry Potters (can't wait for the movie!!!! 1 week and counting!!!!) and then I want to read Lisa McMann's WAKE series. I also have The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo lying around somewhere...

I just saw Julie and Julia for the first time about three weeks ago. I remember wondering how many people the movie would inspire to blog. So it's interesting that you stated it here.

What I am reading right now? Two books but one of them is full of wonderful useful information for anyone that loves to write fiction. It's called "From where you dream" by Robert Olen Butler. Wonderful book so far.

Fantastic list. I want to read Mockingbirds!! yay for your love of books. Mine has gotten a little out of hand. I've read 66 books this year and I bought all but 10 of them. Insane!! Great idea for Harry Potter week.

I love books too! And of course Y/A. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I always enjoy meeting a HP addict like myself. As I am writing this to you I am watching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets! I am so looking forward to HP themed blogs this coming week!

I so excited about the blogfest I'm hosting too. I hope to have the linky up over the weekend. I would so appreciate it if you mentioned in your side panel. I want as many HP lovers as I can. I might even have to get a few more gifts from Wizarding World.

I'm in the middle of Graceling, and have Cassastar on my immediate TBR pile. I have ton of others but really can't remember- how awful is that! (and I am too lazy to get up from my couch and go look in my room at all the books on my TBR pile)

Lovely post, and I'll make a list of those books for when I'm Christmas shopping.I'm not reading anything (except blogs!) at the moment, just finished The Old Man and The Sea- never thought i'd read that again after I left school! But it was a great book.

Aren't piles of book just grand??? I love seeing the pile on my nightstand. What's on it now?

currently reading: Blue Fire (the second book in The Healing Wars Trilogy by Janice Hardy)

Waiting for me: Fire by Kristin Cashore, Jelicoe Road by Melina Marchetta, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater, and the entire House of Night series which I won in a contest (woot!).

OMG Harryyyyyy!!! *Ahem* I like Mr Potter too.Thanks for sharing this Jen, it was lovely. Mr. King inspired mehself too actually. So yay!And I am dieing to read mockinbirds! But for now I'm trapped inside Stephen King's HUGE novel called "Under the Dome", then I'll go through "After Sunset" also from him (Is it that obvious I'm studying King?), and them "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman, another of my favourite authors. But then, I'll definetly read Mockinbirds!

I love Harry too. Michael Gideon is having a Harry Potter blogfest. The banner is on my site. I'm not reading a book right now, still buried in edits. But I'm making progress.NancyN. R. Williams, fantasy author

How wonderful to find a passion for something you want to do. I simply sell young adult books, but it never fails to impress me when someone who wants to write them can and does so well. I've been trying to read even more YA in order to make recommendations to customers. I just finished 'The Replacement' and enjoyed it a great deal.

(Thank you for stopping by my blog recently. I apologize for not getting back sooner, but some things in life came up. You asked if I had a follow button, and I apparently don't, even though I've been blogging far long enough to know I should! One of these days, I'll update my format. Until then, I apologize for not having one!)

I loved that movie too! I wish I had a little book store that made me fall in love with books. I have two writers that made me fall in love with the idea of being a writer (again). One is now a successful romance and mystery writer, Laura Bradford/Elizabeth Lynn Casey. I met her at our daughters' dance studio in Saint Louis. The other writer is Steve Swinburne. Most of his work's are non fiction picture books. They are wonderful reads...He has some poetry books and is coming out with his second mg novel soon. :)

Congrats Jen for winning the Gypsy Diaries / Blog Couture giveaway! Please send me an email indicating what would you like to choose from the store along with your address and I'll send you your prize ASAP! ;)Happy Monday!xxx